The Slider remains T-Rex’s magnum opus, only slightly topping the 1971 masterpiece Electric Warrior. Marc Bolan achieved this by focussing on that album’s main strengths, namely a combination of groove-rock and affecting balladry. “Spaceball Ricochet” fits into the latter, sparsely rendered (aside from brief introductory and concluding cello) on acoustic guitar, low-level bass and beautiful vocal harmonies. The song is lyrically oblique, but seems to snapshot Bolan’s life at the peak of his career. That Bolan makes lines like “with my Les Paul, I know I’m small but I enjoy living anyway” and “what can I do? we all live in a zoo, all I do is play the spaceball ricochet” sound emotionally involving is a testament to his immense talent and/or charisma. One of the finest cuts from T-Rex’s softer output.
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